Poilão Turtle Beach Reef

Poilão Island hosts the largest green turtle nesting site in West Africa, with thousands of females hauling ashore each season on beaches that fringe a living reef system of exceptional health. Beneath the surface, the reef is a spectacular tangle of hard and soft corals sheltering hawksbill turtles, large rays, and dense populations of reef fish that have never seen a fishing net. The convergence of the world-class nesting beach above and the pristine reef below makes Poilão arguably the most important marine wildlife site in the entire Atlantic.